[AZ-Observing] Re: Asian dust incoming

Is there an elevation where we can get above it (something less than 
12,000 ft)? In other words, are these high dust clouds or relatively low?
Stan

Brian Skiff wrote:

>     The global aerosol maps published daily by a group at Goddard
>Space Flight Center has been showing a northeast Asian dust
>event likely headed in our direction:
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>http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov
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>While the vast swath of dust over northern Africa is pretty typical
>for this season, the heavy concentration in the upper-right
>corner is not.  This stuff has been making its way gradually
>across the Pacific (i.e. to the upper-left corner of the aerosol
>plot) the last week, and has been making itself obvious since
>last weekend.  Expect pretty high extinction and dim views
>of things for the next week at least---depending on how the upper-level
>winds push the material around.
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